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Back in the swing Morgan, Wargo match 64s for Comfort Classic lead
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Defending champion Gil Morgan and Tom Wargo shot 8-under-par 64s on Friday to share the first-round lead in the Senior PGA Tour's Comfort Classic. Morgan had four birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine, while Wargo birdied four of the first five holes and four of the last five on the Brickyard Crossing course. "I'm off to a pretty good start for trying to defend," Morgan said. "I wasn't anticipating that, because I was off a couple weeks and couldn't practice much because of my lower back. "I still felt a little tentative with my back, bending over and putting. I didn't try to hit too hard. It was timing. I had good timing." Wargo pointed to the soft conditions for the low scores. "You give guys conditions like this, and they're going to make birdies," Wargo said. "All you can do is go out there and play your heart out. But you've got to make birdies." Bruce Fleisher, the tour's leading money winner, opened with a 65, and Jim Colbert was another stroke back at 66. David Lundstrom, who had a hole-in-one on the seventh hole, and CBS announcer Gary McCord topped an eight-player group at 67. Morgan, showing no ill effects from the back injury that sent him home to rest the last two weeks, two-putted from 45 feet for birdie on the sixth hole and hit great approach shots to set up birdies on Nos. 10 and 11. He two-putted from 110 feet on the par-5 12th to reach 6 under, birdied No. 14 with a 20-foot putt after leaving his approach shot short, then used a pitching wedge on the par-4 16th hole to get close enough for his eighth birdie. One of the day's more interesting rounds belonged to Graham Marsh. After shooting a 40 on the front side, the Australian played Nos. 10-17 in 7 under, then finished with a double bogey for a 71. Another weird round belonged to Lundstrom, who eagled the par-5 second hole before hitting a 6-iron 194 yards for his ace on No. 7. He shot a 31 on the front side. "It was probably one of the most bizarre rounds I've ever played," Lundstrom said. "I hit a lot of crazy shots. I was 6 under after seven holes, with a bogey. I made two miraculous pars on 17 and 18. The round was a lot closer to being worse than better. Hopefully, I can get it figured out on the range."
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